Lasting apparatus.



R. G. YORK.

LASTING APPARATUS APPLICATION FILED NOV. 24, 1906.

Patented Mar. 17, 1914.

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WT/VESSES R. G. YORK.

LASTING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION rum) 110124, 1906.

1,090,187., Patented Mar. 17, 1914.

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COLUMBIA PLANDGRAI'N Cb..WAsmNOToN D C R. G. YORK.

LASTING APPARATUS.

APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 24, 1906.

Patented Mar. 17, 1914.

UNTTE @TATES ATENT OFFTQE.

REUBEN Gr. YORK, OF LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO UNITED SHOE MACHINERY COMPANY, OF PATERSON, NET/V JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

LASTING APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 24, 1906.

Patented Mar. 17', 1914.

Serial No. 344,893.

To all "whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, REUBEN G. YORK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lynn, in the county of Essex and Commonwealth of hihissachusetts, have invented certain Improvements in Lastin Apparatus, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like reference characters on the drawings indicating-like parts in the several figures.

This invention relates to the l11t1I1tlfilCl1ll1'- ing of shoes and particularly to apparatus employed in the operation of fitting uppers to lasts. in this operation it is a common practice to support the last in inverted position on a last spindle or a jack with an upper loosely applied to the last. The upper is pulled or otherwise manipulated to draw it into conformity with the contour of the last and is then secured by laying its marginal edges over upon an inner-sole on the last bottom and fastening said edges. Before the upper is fastened it should be ad justed to put its several parts in proper relation to the last. For example, it is especially desirable that the toe tip seam extend straight across the last and that the scam be located at a predetermined distance from the toe end of the last. As will be readily understood it is difficult and impracticable for the operator to get into a position from which he can see the lower side of the inverted shoe to ascertain if the upper is properly adjusted. In practice, therefore, the operator usually adjusts and fastens the upper without looking at it and examines it afterward. If then he finds the tip seam crooked or incorrectly located with relation to the toe of the last or that some other part of the upper is not in its right place he unfastens the upper and readjusts it, this readjusti'nent being also made with the shoe inverted so that he cannot be sure that he is getting the upper rightly positioned.

An object of this invention is to provide means by which an operator may be informed of the position of the upper on an inverted last so that he may know the rel ation of the tip seam and other parts of the upper to the last before he secures the upper.

With this end in view an important feature of this invention consists in providing, in combinatioi'i with a last spindle or jack or the work supporting means of a lasting or other machine, a mirror arranged to reflect portions of the work in the support which cannot be readily seen by the operator. The mirror may be arranged to be moved into position to ref ect the shoe, in the .ilhistratcd embodiment of the invention, preliminarily to the securing of the upper so that the operator may readjust the upper, if neces sary, before driving the securing tacks. J.refei 'ably, however, the n'iirror will be arranged to occupy an operative relation to the shoe during the pulling and adjusting of the upper so that the operator may watch the progress of his work and see if the position of the upper is right as the pulling and lasting proceeds.

Another feature of the invention as it preferably employed consists in means for adjusting and manipulating the mirror to present it in proper position with relation to the shoe support. Preferably means is provided for moving the mirror from its operative relation to a shoe on a support to a position where it will not interfere with the application and removal of the shoe, or with the operation of the machine. The movement of the mirror away from the shoe is preferably to a position where it will. be less liable to be injured than when exposed in its operative position. It is necessary for the best results that the mirror be kept free from dust and in accordance with another feature of this invention provision is made for freeing the mirror from tacks or pieces of material which may have accumulated upon it while in its operative position and for holding it, while not in use, in a position where further accun'lulation of dirt is a voided. In the preferred embodiment of this feature of the invention means is provided for removing dirt from the face of the mirror and then covering the mirror when it is not in use so that dust and dirt will not collect upon it and the mirror will be shielded from injury. 'lacks and pieces of material may be removed by tilting the mirror so as to cause such material to fall from the mirror, but means may admntngcously be provided capable of removing dust from the mirror and to this end the apparatus is herein shown in one construction as n'ovided with a brush for acting on the mirror during the relative movement of the mirror and its shield for covering and uncovering the mirror.

In addition to the above features this invention is to be recognized in the mirror and its mountings and actuating means inclependently of the work support and the scope of the invention is to be ascertained from the claims.

These and other features of the invention, including certain details of construction and combinations of parts, will be explained more fully in the following description and pointed out in the claims.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of an apparatus embodying this invention, a shoe being shown upon a lasting ack and the mirror appearing in full lines in its operative relation to the shoe while the dotted lines show it in a position where it is out of the way and not liable to be injured. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of another form of apparatus embodying this invention, the same including mirror arranged in operative relation to the shoe-supporting means of a lasting machine and movable toward and from position to reflect the lower side of an inverted shoe being operated upon in the machine. Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the apparatus shown in Fig. 2, the mirror being indicated by dotted lines in an inoperative position where it is protected by a shield. Fig. 1 shows the mirror-operating mechanism of Figs. 2 and 3 applied to a jack like that shown in Fig. 1.

Referring first to Figs. 1 and 4c, in which the invention is shown as applied to a jack of known construction used by hand workmen in pulling over shoes and for which may obviously be substituted the simple last spindle which is preferred by some workmen and lasting shoes, 1 is a bench or table and 2 is a support secured to the bench and to which the apparatus is attached. The jack is shown as comprising a standard 3 connected to the table 1 and resting upon the floor to give it rigidity. The standard carries a bracket 4 in which a plate 6 is mounted to turn in a vertical plane, a: clamping plate 8 and nut 10 being provided for securing or frictionally holding the plate in adjusted position. 11 is a stop for limiting the downward turning movement of the plate 6 and rigidly supporting the jack for the driving of tacks in the shoe. The plate 6 is formed at its free end with a sleeve-like member 12 within which is rotatably mounted the stem 1 1 of the shoe support. The stem is provided on its lower end with a ratchet 15 which is engaged by a pawl 16 to restrain free rotation of the shoe support. The support includes a base 20 from which the stem 1% depends and which rests upon the sleeve 12. The forwardly extending arm of the base 20 receives adjustably the toe rest post 22 which is secured in place by a binding screw 24, while on the rearwardly extending arm of the base is pivotally mounted the heel pin post 25.

he post 25 has an arm 26 which is acted upon by a spring 28 to rock the post normally forwardly toward the post 22. A last with an upper loosely placed on it is put into position by applying its bored rear end to the heel pin and rocking the heel pin post rearwardly against the tension of the spring 28 until the fore part of the last can be swung over and rested upon the toe rest, as shown in the drawings.

The mirror, which is indicated at 35, is carried in a suitable frame connected to a support which is preferably movable. In Fig. 1 the mirror is pivotally mounted at 36 upon the upper end of a vertically sliding operating bar 38 which is guided in brackets a0 on the support 2 and isconnected by a link 11 with a foot treadle 42 by which the mirror is actuated. The treadle is fulcrumed on the standard 8 by means of a bracket 44. The mirror is connected by a spring 4-.5 to the operating bar, said spring acting when allowed to do so to turn the mirror into an approximately upright position, as shown in dotted lines. Means is provided for turning the mirror, in oppo sit-ion to the spring 4:, angularly about its pivotal connection when the mirror is raised into operative relation to a shoe on the support. As shown in Fig. 1 this means consists of a flexible connection l6 between the upper end of the mirror and the bench 1 so arranged that when the mirror has been raised by depression of the treadle into approximately the desired vertical relation to the shoe further downward movement of the treadle will move the mirror angularly with relation to the shoe until the position is reached in which the portion of the shoe to be inspected is reflected to the operator standing in any usual relation to the apparatus.

The length of the connection 4C6 may be varied, is evident, so as to determine variably the angular position to which the mirror is moved in accordance with the re quirements of different operators or different working conditions.

Figs. 2 and 3 illustrate an application of this invention to a lasting machine of which the frame is indicated at 50 and carries a sliding head 52, which supports a toe rest- 51- and lasting plates 55 that in practice are suitably actuated for wiping the upper over the last bottom after the upper has been pulled into desired relation to the last. A bracket 56 is attached to the sliding head 52 by bolts 57 and has a depending arm 58 carrying a stud 59 on which is mounted a rocking sleeve 60. On one arm 61 of the sleeve is pivotally supported the mirror 35. A spring 62 is arranged to press the mirror yieldingly upward about its pivotal connection with the arm 61 and to rock the mirror into an inclined position when allowed to do so. To govern the angular position of the mirror it is provided with a stud (33 which engages the lower face of a guide 64: carried by the bracket 56. The rocking sleeve 60 has a second arm (35 to which is attached a chain 66 that may extend to a treadle or other manually operable device by which the sleeve may be turned to move the mirror-carrying arm 61 from the dottedline position in Fig. 3 to the full-line position. In this movement of the arm 61 the mirror is guided by the contact of stud 6;- with the guide member 64 and the extent of this movement is determined by the engagement of the stud 63 with an adjustable stop 67. It will be observed that in Fig. 3 the stop 67 occupies such a position that the mirror will be stopped in a horizontal position. By adjusting said stop forwardly or backwardly the position in which the mirror and. the arm 61 are stopped will be varied and the arm (51 caused to support the mirror in a position inclined in one or the other direction with relation to a horizontal plane. Reverse movement, for carrying the mirror from its operative position shown in full lines, where the position of the upper on the last will be reflected, to an inoperative posi tion where it is out of the way, is effected automatically, when tension on the chain is discontinued, by a spring 68 which encircles the rocking sleeve (30 and has one end secured to the bracket 56 and the other end engaging the arm 61. In this automatically e'ti'ectcd withdrawal of the mirror from its operative position it is directed by the stud 63 and guide 64; which prevent the mirror from being swung upwardly where it might strike the shoe or a portion of the machine. The guide G l is so shaped at its right-hand end that when the mirror is withdrawn it is tipped into an inclined position where tacks or the like that may have gathered on its face can slide from it.

Preferably means is provided for covering the li'llII'Ol when it is not in use, or occupies its inoperative position, and to this end an. upwardly and outwardly directed arm of the bracket 56 has a pivot stud 69 from which is hung a shield 70. The shield is connected to the hub near one end and a spring 71 holds it normally in a substantially horizontal position, as shown, but permits it to rock. The shield is preferably provided on its lower face with a cushion of felt or other material with which the mirror may contact without danger of being scratched. In the movement of the mirror to its inoperative position the mirror onwith the shield which rocks to adapt its position to that of the mirror, as shown in Fig. 8. The shield is provided with a stop 72 which limits the outward movement of the mirror by the spring 68. Preferably means is provided for sweeping the mirror clear of dust and dirt and for this purpose the shield is herein shown as provided with a brush 75 secured to its left-hand end in position to engage the mirror and remove dust therefrom as the mirror moves under the shield.

In Fig. 4 is illustrated the application to a lasting jack like that shown in Fig. 1 of the mirror mechanism which is illustrated in 2 and 3 as applied to a lasting machine. The parts of the jack are designated by the same reference characters as the same parts in Fig. 1, while the parts of the mirror mechanism are indicated by the characters that; are applied to corresponding parts in Figs. 2 and 3, the only cli'll'erences in the coir struction being that the guide (i l is shown as bent upwardly in Fig. t to give the desired inclined operative position of the mirror with relation to a shoe on the jack. The mirror mechanism is shown as attached to the jack by an arm 80 which serves the purpose of the bracket 56 and is preferably secured to the plate (5 of the jack by a clamp that permits of the arm being turned down to the dotted-line position when the parts are not to be used. In this figure the chain 66 is shown as attached to a treadle which is the equivalent of the treadle 4-2 and a ratchet St is provided to coact with the pawl 85 on the treadle for holding the mirror in its operative position. By depressing the treadle more or less the mirror may be inclined to the shoe as is necessary to reflect dillerent parts of th upper and may be secured. in desired position by the ratchet.

In the use of this invention a shoe is applied to the jack or to the shoe-supporting means of the lasting machine in the usual way, whereupon the mirror may be moved into operative position by depressing the foot treadle 4-2 to allow the operator to watch the effect of the pulling and lasting operations on the upper. Ti. desired, the mirror may remain in its retracted position until the manipulation of the upper has progressed more or less and then the mirror be moved momentarily into position to reflect the shoe and disclose if the position to which the upper has been pulled is right. The mirror may be tipped into dillerent angular positions by depressing the treadle more or less, whereby dil'l'erent portions of the shoe may be reflected to the operator. \Vhen the upper has been (un'rcctly positioned the mir ror may be allowed to remain in its operative relation to the jack ready for another shoe or it may be permitted to return automatically to its inoperative position in which it will be tilted to throw off tacks or pieces of material which may have fallen upon it and. if the construction shown in l igs. 2, 3, and l; is employed, where it will be covered to shield it from injury and from the accumulation of dust. If the brush 7 5 is provided the mirror will be swept clear of dust as it is moved under the shield.

Having explained the nature of my in 'vention and how it may be used, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States 1. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination with means for supporting work in position to be operated upon, and a "mirror arranged with relation to the support to reflect a portion of the work, of means for moving the mirror bodily toward and from position to reflect the work and simultaneously varying the angle of the face of the mirror with reference to the path of said bodily movement, and means for variably determining the limit of said angular movement of the mirror.

2. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination with a mirror, of a pivotal support for the mirror, a movable shield, said mirror and shield being constructed and arranged to interlock, and means for moving the mirror and shield into and out of interlocking engagement.

3. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination with a mirror arranged to present its face upwardly when in operativ position, of a shield, a brush at one edge of the shield, and means for relatively moving said mirror, shield, and brush to cause the brush to dislodge obstructions from the face of the mirror and then cause the shield to cover the mirror with the latter in a plane inclined to that of its normal operative position.

a. In an apparatus of the class described. the combination with a mirror arranged to present its face upwardly when in operative position, of a shield arranged in substantially parallel relation to the mirror when the latter is in said operative position, and means for relatively moving the mirror and shield to cover the mirror and to support the mirror and shield in a plane inclined to that of the normal operative position of the mirror.

5. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination with a mirror, of means for moving the mirror bodily toward and from operative position and simultaneously varying the angle of the face thereof, and adjustable means for variably determining the angular position to which the mirror is moved.

6. In an apparatus of the class described, a mirror, a shield, yielding means for relatively moving the mirror and shield so as to cover the mirror and to hold the shield in contact with the face of the mirror, means for relatively moving said parts to uncover the mirror, and means for retaining said parts in the last-mentioned relation.

7. In an apparatus of the class described,

the combination with a mirror, of means for pivotally supporting the mirror near one end, a guide having operative connection with the mirror near its other end, and means for turning the supporting means about an axis to vary the position of the mirror.

8. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination with a mirror, of means for pivotally supporting the mirror near one end, a guide having operative connection with the mirror near its other end, means for turning the support, and an adjustable stop for limiting the movement of the mirror, said guide, stop, and support cooperating to determine the angular position of the mirror.

9. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination with a mirror, of a swinging arm to which the mirror is pivotally connected, a guide having an approximately straight portion, means for yieldingly holding the mirror against the guide, and a stop in operative relation to the straight portion of the guide, said stop and swinging arm being arranged relatively to vary according to the adjustment of the stop the angular position of the mirror as well as the distance through which the mirror is projected.

10. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination with a mirror, of means for moving the mirror bodily toward a desired reflecting position, means for imparting to the mirror simultaneously a proportional angular movement about an axis substantially parallel to its face, and adjustable means for variably limiting both of said movements and thereby determining the final angular reflecting position of the mirror.

11. In an apparatus of the class described,

the combination of a pivoted arm, a mirror f pivoted near one end to the arm on an axis substantially parallel to the face of the mirror, a guide having a substantially straight portion, means carried by the mirror and in contact with the guide, and means for swinging the arm, whereby said mirror is moved both bodily and angularly to difierent refleeting positions while said contacting means is in engagement with the straight portion of the guide.

12. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination of a pivoted arm, a mirror pivoted near one end to the arm on an axis substantially parallel to the face of the mirror, means for swinging the arm to move the mirror to different positions, a guide, a contact member near the other end of the mirror for engaging the guide, and resilient means tending to move the mirror so as to hold said contact member in engagement with the guide.

13. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination of a pivotally mounted arm, a mirror pivoted near one end to the arm on an axis substantially parallel to the face of the mirror, means for swinging the arm to move the mirror to different positions, a guide having a substantially straight portion and a portion at an angle thereto, a contact member carried by the mirror for engaging the guide, and resilient means tending to move the mirror so as to force said contact member to follow the guide.

l l. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination of a pivotally mounted arm, a mirror pivoted near one end to the arm on an axis substantially parallel to the face of the mirror, means for swinging the arm to move the mirror to diiferent positions, a guide having a substantially straight portion and a portion at an angle thereto, a contact member carried by the mirror for engaging the guide, said angular portion of the guide corresponding to the inoperative position of the mirror and arranged with reference to the arm to retain the mirror in inclined position when inoperative, and a shield arranged to protect the mirror in said inclined position.

15. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination with a movable mirror, of a movably mounted shield, resilient means tending to retain the shield in one position, and means for moving the mirror into contact with the shield and for moving both mirror and shield to an inclined position.

16. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination of a pivotally mounted arm, a mirror pivoted to the arm on an axis substantially parallel to the face of the mirror, a shield pi'votally supported on an axis substantially parallel to the axis of the mirror, resilient means for holding the shield in one position, means for moving the arm to bring the mirror to a position opposite the shield, and resilient means for swinging the mirror about its axis into contact with the shield at one side of the pivotal axis of the latter so as to swing the shield into contact with the mirror.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

REUBEN Gr. YORK.

Witnesses:

JAMES R. Holman, ARTHUR L. RUssnLL.

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